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BP creates another fine mess as it bars Deepwater protestershttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2011/apr/17/bp-annual-meeting-deepwater-protesters
When the oil company refused to let five US activists into its annual meeting, it rubbed salt in the wounds of the Gulf of Mexico disaster<p>At the height of last year's oil-spattered summer, the gloomiest doom-mongers predicted BP would be bankrupt by now. But on Wednesday Britain's biggest company will reach the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster which killed 11 men, fouled hundreds of miles of coastline, cost at least $20bn (£12bn) and turned BP into one of the most hated enterprises in America.</p><p>You would have thought a few tough lessons would have sunk in, but BP marked the run-up to this milestone by scoring another perfectly executed own goal. The company barred five gulf coast activists from entering its annual meeting on Thursday, even though they had travelled from Louisiana and Texas and had legitimate paperwork entitling them to speak as proxy representatives for shareholders.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2011/apr/17/bp-annual-meeting-deepwater-protesters">Continue reading...</a>BPBP oil spillBob DudleyCarl-Henric SvanbergOilOil and gas companiesEnergy industryOilPollutionEnvironmental activismOil spillsEnvironmentBusinessProtestSat, 16 Apr 2011 23:08:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/business/2011/apr/17/bp-annual-meeting-deepwater-protestersPhotograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAGulf Coast shrimp farmer Diane Wilson, who daubed herself with oil when she tried to enter the annual meeting, wanted to present BP directors with a 'Black Planet Award'. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAPhotograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAGulf Coast shrimp farmer Diane Wilson, who daubed herself with oil when she tried to enter the annual meeting, wanted to present BP directors with a 'Black Planet Award'. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAAndrew Clark2011-04-16T23:08:00Z